Meeting/Event Information

The Global Business Networking Event, hosted by the Visiting International Professional Program (VIPP), the German-American Business Council (GABC) of Michigan, and the International Business Center (IBC) in the MSU Broad College of Business, is open to anyone interested in good conversation and networking. Thirty Fulbright undergraduate students from across Germany will undertake a three-week immersive intercultural exchange program with collaborative projects.

We are pleased to announce our guests of honor, Gabriela Bennemann, Deputy Vice Consul General of the Federal Republic of Germany, Kerry Ebersole-Singh, Executive Vice President, Chief Talent Solutions Officer for the State of Michigan and Dr. Robert Glew, Associate Dean, MSU International Studies and Programs. 

Thanks to the support of FlyLansing, we will be raffling off a $500 voucher toward the purchase of airline tickets departing from Capital Region International Airport (LAN). 

This voucher can be used on any flight operating from Lansing and includes airlines: American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Breeze Airways and Apple Vacations. 

The 30 Young Professionals from Germany will be in attendance representing the following German companies:

Adolf Würth GmbH & Co. KG | E.DIS Netz GmbH | Würth IT GmbH | Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co.KG | Daimler Truck AG | K+S Minerals and Agriculture GmbH | BASF SE | Beckhoff Automation GmbH & Co. KG | Deloitte GmbH | Papierfabrik Meldorf GmbH & Co. KG | Carl Zeiss AG | Janssen-Cilag GmbH | Flughafen Köln/Bonn GmbH | Lidl Stiftung & Co. KG | Digitaler Hub Region Bonn AG | IT-HAUS GmbH | Becker Antriebe GmbH | Europa-Park GmbH & Co Mack KG | Vattenfall GmbH | Herbert Waldmann GmbH & Co. KG - Engineers of Light | FASTEC GmbH | Chefs Culinar West GmbH & Co. KG | KfW Bankengruppe | inomed Medizintechnik GmbH | Sparkasse Neuburg-Rain | Flughafen Berlin Brandenburg GmbH | DSV Road GmbH | Schüco International KG | Fraunhofer-Institut für Produktionstechnologie IPT | Krannich Solar GmbH & Co. KG

Thank you to our Generous Sponsors for making this event possible: